Character archetypes were just the beginning, in order to further refine your characters you need to utilize direct and indirect characterization. This episode Russ and Tim discuss the finer details about characters, and the ways to tease that information to readers.
Book swap! In this episode, Russ and Tim trade books from their favorite genres and give a review. Russ read Nick Cutter’s The Troop while Tim read Lee Child’s The Killing Floor.
Is that an adverb? Ditch it. Overly verbose exposition? Delete. Detailed descriptions of everyday objects? Get rid of it! In this episode, Russ and Tim discuss killing their darlings and reflect on what they left Read more…
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Character Archetypes – RUSS CAPASSO · December 6, 2023 at 10:42 am
[…] characters. A little mix and matching doesn’t hurt to make them unique, but once refined with characterization and dropped into your world you’ll have a living, breathing, character that’ll make […]
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